Corpse Bride Soundtrack CD
Corpse Bride
2005, Warner Bros.
Danny Elfman.
Warner Bros., CD, 2005, 9362494732
There is currently no review for this title.
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This site was conceived as a side project by a "tekkie" friend of mine who suggested I use my journalistic experience to write about something I love. We bandied about some ideas before settling on this one - largely because I had collected movie soundtracks for much of my life and thought I could write about them. We wanted the site to be user friendly, well-written and reliable.
Over time, I hope to attract other writers keen to contribute to the site, who don't mind foregoing the financial benefits they may be used to in the short-term for something that may, or may not, be profitable further down the line.
The gradual demise of the cd format, re-emergence of vinyl, along with the expansion of blu-ray dvd and downloads translate to an ever-changing market place; despite this, most of us still buy cd's and dvd's and I hope that you will use the Amazon links on this site to buy online.
We have also included mini YouTube video links that accompany the reviews, so that you can listen to your favourite theme music while watching a related trailer or clip from the movie; because film is a visual medium, there seems no better way of presenting it.
Finally, a note on the type of soundtracks featured. Though purists generally view albums such as "Top Gun", "Flashdance" and others like them, as unworthy of coverage on a film soundtrack site, preferring instead to focus on orchestral scores, we have taken the view that these albums have earned their place based on their continued saleability and affection with a large section of cinema-goers. We wanted to reach as broad an audience as possible and have developed the site with this in mind, without forgetting those fans for whom composers such as Bernard Herrmann and Jerry Goldsmith, among many others, are considered on a par with the master composers. We hope you can find your best movie soundtracks on this site.
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Milk Soundtrack CD
Milk.
2008, Focus Features.
Danny Elfman.
Decca, CD, 2008, 178 9598
Rating: 
The first openly gay American politician to be elected to office, Harvey Milk was assassinated, along with the Mayor, by a vengeful colleague in 1978. Set in San Francisco during the halcyon days of disco, Gus Van Sant’s film is a lively, entertaining biopic with plenty of colour and pazazz. Danny Elfman’s score plays to the strengths of the film, offering up a restrained but spirited collection of cues that while generally too brief and a little lightweight, manage to do the job extremely well; ‘Give ‘Em Hope’ and ‘Harvey’s Will’ are melodic and memorable, in part driven by an electronic pulsing sound that reverberates through a handful of cues. ‘Politics Is Theatre’, lively and upbeat, whips you along with it. ‘Postscript’ and ‘The Kiss’ use a choir to good effect (well, it wouldn’t be Elfman without one). In deciding to separate his fairly gentle score from the disco floor fillers that precede it, he has also saved it from being swallowed up by the kind of music made on something much stronger than milk.
Milk Movie Soundtrack. Review: Tim Mowbray.
Track Listing:
1. Queen Bitch (David Bowie)
2. Everyday People (Sly & The Family Stone)
3. Rock The Boat (Hues Corporation)
4. You Make Me feel (Mighty Real) (Sylvester)
5. Hello Hello (Sopwith Camel)
6. Prelude No. 7 in E Flat (The Swingle Singers)
7. Harvey’s Theme
8. Main Title
9. Harvey’s Will
10. The Castro
11. The Kiss
12. Politics Is Theatre
13. New Hope
14. Harvey Wins
15. Proposition
16. Repealed Rights
17. Gay Rights Now!
18. Dog Poo
19. Vote Passes
20. Briggs Pushing
21. The Debates
22. Weepy Donuts
23. Harvey’s Last Day
24. Give ‘Em Hope
25. Postscript
26. Harvey’s Theme
